Hay-rake and side loader.



J. A. EMENHISER.

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HAY RAKE AND SIDE LOADER.

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UNTED STATES PATENT FTCE.

JEROME A. EMENHISER, OF ANADARKO, OKLAHOMA.

HAY-BAKE AND SIDE manna.

Application filed. January 3, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JEROME A. EMEN- HISER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Anadarko, in the county ofCaddo and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Hay-Rakes and Side Loaders, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to hay rakes and loaders, and it has for itsobject to produce a machine of simple and efficient construction wherebyhay may be gathered in the field and loaded on to a wagon drivenalongside the machine, and whereby it may be transported to a stackingplace, barn or other place of deposit.

One object of the invention is to produce a simple and efiicientorganized machine, whereby the hay may be conveniently gathered andloaded, whether it has simply been out by the mower so as to lie inswaths, or whether the hay has previously been raked int-o windrows.

A further object of the invention is to produce a machine of the classdescribed having a set of gathering teeth detachably connected therewithwhich may be used in gathering hay from windrows, but which may bedetached when the machine is to be used for gathering loose hay.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in theimproved construction and novel arrangement and combination of partswhich will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theclaims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a top plan view of a machine constructed inaccordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation, partly insection. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 inFig. 1. Fig. 4.- is a side elevation, parts of the near wheel havingbeen broken away. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail View taken on the line 55in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 in Fig. 2.Fig. 7 is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4. 1913.

Serial No. 740,046.

a sectional detail view taken on the line 7'? in Fig. 1.

Corresponding parts in the several fig ures are denoted by likecharacters of reference.

The main frame of the machine comprises a push tongue'A which isbifurcated at its front end to produce the prongs or arms 13 havingheads provided with arcuate slots C having toothed front walls D. Themain axle E carrying the bull wheel F is provided with pinions Grmeshing with the rack teeth D so that by rotation of the pinions theheads of the push tongue will be raised or lowered. A brace H connectedwith and extending forwardly and obliquely from the push tongue supportsa frame J wherein a slide or followerK is vertically adjustable by ahand screw L. The slide K carriesa spindle M on which a ground wheel Nis mounted for rotation.

The main frame which, by rotating the pinions G and the screw L, may beraised or lowered with respect to the ground, supports a tiltable framestructure which, like the main frame, may be constructed of wood, metaltubing, angle iron or steel, or any other suitable material orcombination of materials. Said tilting frame includes the front and rearbarsll, 2 and side members 3, 4 which latter are connected by pivotmembers 5, 6 with one of the arms B of the bifurcated push tongue andwith the frame J, respectively. The push tongue A is provided adjacentto its rear end with the cus tomary supporting means in the nature of acaster wheel 12, as well as with the draft attachment or evener 13,plat-form 14: and seat 15 for the driver or operator. The push tongue isalso provided a suitable distanoe in front of the seat with an upright16 affording bearings for the rear ends of two shafts 17 and 18 havinghand wheels 19, 20, whereby they may be rotated. The forward end of theshaft 17 is connected by worm gearing 23 with a suitably supported shaft22 carrying a gear 21 meshing with a rack bar 24 that projects upwardlyfrom the rear cross bar 2 of the tilting frame, and whereby said framemay be tilted and supported in adjusted position. The function of theshaft 18 will be presently described.

The front and rear cross bars of the tilting frame are provided withbearings for the journals of a pair of rollers 25, 26 over convever 34to which is guided an endless conveyer 27 constituting a movableplatform. Associated with the bull wheel F is a bull sprocket 28 whichis connected by a chain or link belt 29 with a sprocket wheel 30 on ashaft 31 supported in suitable bearings on the rear frame bar 2, andfrom the shaft 31 motion is transmitted to the roller 26 by gearing 32,thus driving the movable platform.

Pivotally connected with the front and -which the conveyor 34 is guided,and the rollers 36 and 40 may be provided with intermeshing gears forthe transmission of motion, so that the top conveyer 41 will likewise bedriven in the proper direction. The several conveyers including thatwhich con stitutes the movable platform may be made in any suitable wellknown manner of textile or other flexible material provided withtransverse slats riveted or -otherwise secured thereon. It will beunderstood that the top conveyer 41 is suitably spaced above the Upermitthe hay to be elevated by and between the proximate leads of saidconveyers. The front and rear frame bars 1 and 2 are connected adjacentto the lower end of the elevating conveyors by means of a brace 42having bracket members 43, whereby said brace issuitably elevated so asnot to interfere with the passage of the hay from the movable platformto the elevating conveyers. A simi ar brace 44 having supportingbrackets 45 is mounted upon or adjacent to the side bar 4 of the frame.

Supported for rotation on the braces 42, 44 above the rear frame bar 2is a shaft 46 having a plurality of sets of radiating arms 47constituting feeders, said arms at the upgoing side being slightlycurved in an upward direction, as shown at 48. The braces 42, 44 alsosupport a rake head with which is suitably connected a plurality ofcurved rake teeth 50 of ordinary construction, saidrak'e teeth extendingabove the feeder shaft and downwardly in rear of the feeders and in rearof the movable platform, being thence curved downwardly and forwardly topresent the'customary and'conventional form of rake teeth. The feedershaft may receive motion by means of a chain 51 from the shaft 31, whichlatter is directly driven "from the bull wheel, as previously described.

Mounted detachably upon the front bar 1 of the frame is a bar 52 havinga plurality of forwardly and downwardly extending gathering teeth 53,the forward extremities of which are slightly curved in an upwarddirection to present shoes 54 that engage and are supported on theground without danger of digging into the ground when the machineadvances.

Each side member 33 of the frame supporting the conveyer 34 is providedwith a rod 55, suitably connected therewith and spaced therefrom, andsaid rod carries a movable sleeve 56 associated with an upright 57 whichis pivotally connected with the frame of the machine. The upright '57may e reinforced by diagonal braces 58. The prop, formed by the uprights57 and braces 58, is connected by means of a flexible element, such as arope 59, with a winding drum 60 which is suitably supported on the frameof the machine and which may be actuated by the shaft 18 by intermediategearing preferably including a worm 61 and a worm gear 62, so that thedrum may not only be rotated, but also held securely at variousadjustments. It is evident that by rotating the drum 60 to wind orunwind the flexible element, theangle of the uprights 57 may be changed,thereby raising or lowering the free end 'of the frame supporting theconveyer 34 so as to cause material to be discharged at the mostsuitable point with respect to a wagon or hay rack that is drivenalongside the machine when in operation. The head bar 52 having thegathering teeth 53 may be supported detachably in keepers 63 on thefront bar 1 of the frame, and set screws 64 or other suitable fasteningmeans may be employed for the purpose of holding the said bar inposition in such fashion that it may be readily detached when desired.

In the operation of this machine, when loose hay is to be gathered, thebar 52 having the teeth 53 is detached. When the ;machine is pushed overthe field, the hay 5 will be gathered by the rake teeth 50; as it 5accumulates in front of the latter. it will be taken by the feeders 47and thrown forwardly on the movable platform formed by the conveyor 27,being carried thereby in the direction of the lower ends of the twoconveyors '34 and "41, whereby it is elevated and discharged. If hay isto be gathered that has been previously raked into windrows,

the gathering teeth 53 are brought into use.

' The hay, as the machine advances, will slide upwardly over said teethand on to the movable platform, being thereby carried to the elex'ati'ng *conveyers, as before. When the gathering teeth "53 are used inconnection with the rake teeth 50, the latter will serve to gather anyloose hay that may be left by the teeth 53, thereby avoiding waste.

The improved machine is simple in construction and may be manufacturedand marketed at a moderate expense, and by the use thereof the labor ofgathering the hay crop may be performed quickly and with much lessmanual labor than heretofore, thereby avoiding danger of the hay beingspoiled by inclement weather and effecting a great saving in the laborof gathering the crop.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. In a machine of the character described, a tiltable frame carriedthereby, elevated braces having brackets connected with and supported bythe tiltable frame, conveying and elevating means supported by thetiltable frame andincluding a movable platform, a rake head supported onthe elevated braces, rake teeth carried by said head, a shaft sup-portedfor rotation on the elevated braces in rear of the rake head and havingradially extending arms constituting feeders, said feeders beingpositioned between the rake teeth and the movable platform, means fordriving the feeder shaft, and a bar mounted on the front bar of thetiltable frame and having forwardly extending gathering teeth.

2. In a machine of the character described, a main frame, rotarysupporting means for said frame including a bull wheel and a groundwheel, a tiltable frame supported on the main frame, elevated braceshaving bracket members supported on the tiltable frame, conveying andelevating means including an endless conveyer constituting a movableplatform on the tiltable frame, a rake head and a feeder shaft supportedon the elevated braces, said rake head having teeth curved rearwardlyand downwardly in rear of the feeder shaft, and downwardly and forwardlybeneath the movable platform, means for transmitting motion from thebull wheel to the feeder shaft, means for transmitting motion from thebull wheel to the conveying and feeding means, a cross bar supporteddetachably on the front bar of the frame, and gathering teeth connectedwith and extending forwardly from said bar.

3. In a machine for making and loading hay, a tiltable main frame, atiltable auXiliary frame carried thereby, conveying and elevating meanscoacting with the tiltable frame and includin a movable platform, a rakeand a rotary ceding device for gathering loose hay and depositing thesame on the movable platform at the rear thereof, and gathering teethdetachably connected to the front part of the frame for gathering hayand depositing the same on the movable platform at the front partthereof.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JEROME A. EMENHISER.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. OELKE, OSCAR DIEHR.

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Washington, D. G.

